Plus, Maratha quota agitation fallout will continue to roil Maharashtra politics, and Rajnath Singh in Jodhpur to address the third “Parivartan Sankalp Yatra”.
The summit is crucial to the BJP’s plans in the run-up to the parliamentary elections. It will provide the party with an opportunity to project India’s rising global stature as a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy and reinforce its role as “Vishwa Guru (world leader)” and “Vishwa Mitra (a friend of the world)”. It will add to an already larger-than-life image of the PM who will be leading from the front, hosting world leaders from powerful nations, including the US, China, Russia, France, the UK, France and Germany. “Since the G20 presidency lasts until December 2023, the BJP is bound to encash the newly created fervour for Modi after the September summit to build momentum for the crucial winter elections due in Telangana and the north Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The BJP has a high stake in all these elections. These will set the tempo for the Big Battle in 2024,” our columnist Neerja Chowdhury wrote last December.
Another development to watch out for today will be the continuing political fallout of the Maratha quota agitation in Maharashtra. The stir has spread across the state, with demonstrations across Marathwada, North Maharashtra, Western Maharashtra, Konkan, and Vidarbha. The demand for the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has also gained momentum. The move forced the Congress to temporarily suspend its “Jan Samvad Yatra” in all eight districts of Marathwada — Aurangabad, Osmanabad, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Nanded, Hingoli, and Parbhani. In north Maharashtra, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat will launch the yatra from Ahmednagar city today, according to party sources.
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